Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Bisemortels (1775-????)

Birthday October 30, 1775

• The temperature on October 30, 1775 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1775: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 14 » The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
  • May 10 » American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
  • June 12 » American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
  • July 8 » The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
  • July 27 » Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
  • August 23 » American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1728 » Mary Hayley, English businesswoman († 1808)
• 1735 » John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States († 1826)
• 1751 » Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1816)
• 1762 » André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright († 1794)
• 1786 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian captain and author († 1871)
• 1799 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop († 1885)